Improvement in fastenings for epaulettes



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WILLIAM .IULIUS HORSTMANN, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 111,456, dated January 31, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN `FASTE'NINGSv FOR EPAULETTES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part: of the same.

I, WILLIAM J ULIUs HoRsTMAnN, of Philadelphia, county'oi Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Epaulette-Iiastener, of which the following is a specification.

Nature and Object of the Invention.. My invention consists of a device, too fully described hereafter to need preliminary explanation, for retainingv and releasing epaulettes.

Description of the Accompany-ing Drawing.

Figure l is a perspective View oi' my improved epanlette, detached from the shoulder of the coat;

Figure 2, a vertical sectionof` the same;

Figure 3, an inverted plan view; and

Figures 4 and 5, views of modifications.

Genera-l Description.

'lwo staple-like projections, a a, or strips of cloth or other fabric, are stitched ,to the shoulder of the coat, and are suoli as to admit freely a tongue, b, hinged at :I: to the under side of the epaulette.

This tongue has near its outer'end a hole, c, for the admission of a catch, f, formed on a spring, B, secured to the under side of the epaulette, near one edge ofA .the saine, the outer end of this spring extending nearly to the opposite edge ofthe epaulette.

On moving this spring inthe direction of the arrow,

the epaulette will be't secure in its place until .the spring is again moved back, thereby 'releasing the tongue One ofthe main advantages of my improved epauiette-fastener is its freedom from disturbance by the tire-arm held against the shoulder.

As the epaulette cannot bc'released without .lirst manipulating the spring B, and as the whole of the spring is beneath the epaulette, the tire-arm cannot disturb it; Aby inserting a finger, however, beneath the tongue, so'A as to reach the end ofthe spring, the latter may be easily operated.

In the present instance, the spring-catch is ina'dc ot' a simple piece of bent wire, but it may be otherwise made, providing it is furnished with a cat-ch for retaining thc tongue.

The tongue also can he variously niodilied vand adapted to the spring catch. The hole e might, for instance, be dispensed with, and the end ot' the tongue be bent over, as shown in tig. 4, so as to ferm a hook for the reception -ot the spring catch; or a hook ofthe character shown in Iig. 5, might be formed at the end of the tongue for the saine purpose.

Claim. v

The combination, with an epanlette, ot' a hinged tongue, b, having ja recess, c, at its outer end, and a spring, B, having a projection or catch, f, substantial-` W'itnesses: WM. A. STEEL,

F. B. Rronnnns. 

